A worker has been airlifted from the Drayton coal mine after he was injured in a safety incident. It is understood the 44 year-old worker was thrown around the cabin of his bulldozer, and may have suffered a pelvic fracture. Newcastle Herald reported he was in a stable condition.

A worker has suffered a skull fracture after falling from an articulated dump truck. The incident occurred in February, at Sibelco’s Salt Ash sand plant. The plant operator was preparing to unload a Volvo A30 ADT that had been transported to the site on a low loader. During preparation the operator accessed the top of … Continue reading Worker suffers fractured skull at sand mine→

A front end loader has reversed into a light vehicle at Whitehaven’s coal mine’s CHPP. The incident occurred on 12 March, eight hours into the shift, fortunately no one was injured. Only two employees were working at the coal stockpile area at Whitehaven’s Coal Handling and Preparation Plant at the time, with the leading hand … Continue reading Light vehicle and loader collide on coal mine→

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) robotics researchers say they have developed new technology to equip underground mining vehicles to navigate autonomously through dust, camera blur and bad lighting.